take any real. streets. tonight on our team this go unpunished polish soldiers cleared over the killing of innocent afghans because of a lack of evidence to support war crimes charges. nato is implementation of the resolution on libya undermines u.n. authority russia's foreign minister calls on the alliance to stick to the original documents or lose moscow's trust. also fear of europe's killer cucumbers spreads across the world in some countries including russia planning imports now over a deadly bacterial infection. and in our business goes on we look at what moscow is doing in order to become

a global financial center and how it's learning from the past the city of london. caucuses r.t. it's just after nine pm thursday evening here in moscow and kevin zero in on our top story for you tonight seven polish soldiers have escaped punishment for carrying out a deadly attack on an afghan village four years ago they killed a group of civilians among them children but a cotton war so ruled there was not enough proof to support charges of war crimes as artie's daniel bushell reports no it's the people on the ground in afghanistan whose patience is running out. dead civilians killed and nato soldiers go free the same old story in afghanistan the threats and for a moment to be different polish soldiers were put on trial for deaths including a pregnant woman and a child. on the sixteenth of august two thousand and seven mortar shells that were

fired by polish troops at the afghan village of nine as a result six people were killed and three were severely wounded but the soldiers were cleared of all charges one of the cues told r.t. it's all been a big mistake we didn't see people. against the sides again was because. it was. something very dark and it was also a problem we call it a grenade mell functioned taliban target by five hundred metres claims a shit ski but prosecutors alleged it was revenge for a roadside bomb which killed another polish soldier earlier in the day experts say it's unlikely anything could go so catastrophic leigh wrong this is not logical operators of the moderate could not make such a serious error with such

a large distance the question is did it say turban fire themselves or did they receive this can and from it but there is no doubt they were shooting at the village nearby hills to defend the small commanders who ordered the attack and they should be the one standing trial one thing is clear for me those people should be accused maybe they be anything. but activists while the conflict continues civilian deaths from nato bombing or inevitable and will only rise you know the longer the war goes on the war situation is the answer is i think quite simple to withdraw troops from other counties. beginning and the process of stop ization of this country because the troops western troops doesn't bring stuff it is a shame to afghanistan just the opposite as the toll goes up on both sides support for nato mission it's a majority in europe say opinion polls now think the conflicts going in the wrong

direction. this was already unpopular in the e.u. there's a hundred billion euro because while services are being called. the source of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the death of civilians on punished the week of the case sustain afghanistan even the afghan president's turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed come it cause delivered his strongest words yet giving a final warning and threatening war if it happens again. the way the u.n. resolution is being implemented in libya undermines international law that was the warning from russia's foreign minister who's called on nato to we're here to the resolution or lose trust. ports from. foreign minister sergey lavrov suggested there's a lack of trust was in danger of forging no way between russia and the other

cabinet members of the un security council and that's because of the way the ship the seas nato is implementing the agreed un resolution number one mind seventy three that was imposed on him in march when russia abstained and that allows a no fly zone seeming to really be however russia now but these days actions in libya go beyond merely implementing and those lies and in fact now we're on regime change and allegedly actively supporting the opposition in that building of trust lavrov today suggested only escalated following the very recent visit us about rick and president jiang zemin to try please you can try and make a ca with colonel gadhafi busy. which was then almost immediately followed by a resumption in may say strikes and today love wrong that that growing a lack of trust could cause roster in the future to cause i think twice before agreeing to any such resolution again. looking in which everybody involved in the

implementation of the resolution must show maximum responsibility for international law and the united nations keeping in mind the authority of the un security council otherwise god forbid next time anything of the so what happens we will act differently as no one will take what's being said at face value things like creating a no fly zone but these statements of course come in the wake of a very very stiff u.n. report which slice it it's a good approach that trusts the teeth of being committed in maybe on the both sides albeit less numerous on the past the opposition and of course it comes very shortly after last weekend's g. eight when the president made good to reach a center over them points you think i'll see to it's have suitcase exists and stuff like that but on syria minister lavrov reiterates it's moscow's position that they are staunchly against any attempts by the international community to force regime change within the country warning that any such change could set to stabilize the

country and would be catastrophic for the region whether that prof did say that russia does still supports president asked sounds to continue its school and go state within the opposition within his own country i'd also encouraging the president assad to move swiftly it implements in the reforms that he's promised to do within syria. as it is reporting a lot about libya and syria now with michel chossudovsky to the line from kind of the he's director of the montreal based think tank the center for research on globalization schober good evening to you thanks for being with us first off i mean russia is clearly disappointed isn't it by how the u.n. resolutions been implemented they believe the russian foreign minister reiterated again today how much damage do you think is being done here to the way things work at the u.n. . i think disappointment is an understatement because at this stage nature all consultation with the pentagon is preparing

a new phase of this war in other words a process of military escalation which could eventually lead to the landing of u.s. native commandos on on libyan soil in other words they are they are in the process of changing the terms of reference of all the so-called no fly zone supporting a ground war and this is be very clearly stated they want the air campaign just supports the ground war and they shifted now into. shift the emphasis from aerial bombardments to helicopter operations as well as low flight operations over libya which would be of course supportive of boots on the ground so this is a very disturbing development and. really indicates this

relation to the military activities another aspect is that there that the u.s.s. george h.w. bush super carrier which is the most advanced military vessel in the world is the largest of the u.s. naval hospital it's on its maiden voyage to the mediterranean to join up with the sick creek in naples and. this area is a quick search with aircraft helicopters close to six thousand. troops are all the sailors marines and so on and this doesn't send the right messages out within the framework of a resolute united simply in shell all this stuff calls last week of the g. eight. russia joined in with for colonel gadhafi to go but only if it's done diplomatically you know at the time as you know that initiative was praised and

encouraged that we see this nato extending its operation for three more months why won't they stop the airstrikes and let russia try diplomacy. well that they've already decided all the major war theory. and their objective is to send you into total submission just now you have to read between the lines that's why president obama was in london. for all of his official summit late late last month what was happening. in the military was carrying out of extensive war games which were called sites and warrior and this involved again the u.s.s. h. w. bush with its strike carriers etc but it also involves. puts us a patient of of several nato countries including britain britain france sweden was

also involved or spain was also involved and they essentially simulating the real war in the mediterranean it was in a maritime environment and it was it was an exercise which was that which was designed to develop into specific combat skills so we're nowhere no longer in the sphere of diplomacy when no longer in the sphere of aerial bombardments on the no fly zone concept this is all out war and and i think it's about time that the so-called international community realize that this is a this is a war of aggression in violation of law i want to briefly talk about i'm not playing have anything while you're on the line i want told you briefly about as well on the prospects we nato and russia what's happening there just for a minute and let's talk about syria then its leader bashar al assad could be next

in line but you know russia saying it would even read a resolution on syria now is it possible that made for a coalition of the winning could launch an operation anyway well. i being the situation in syria is very mean it's also very serious because we know it's documented that. they were armed because unarmed insurgency directed against police the police of the military. and that this alone this search and see was supported financed by foreign powers it's it's well documented and the question is. where the acts of provocation in syria which triggered these protests. and which are now being used to threaten syria. with possible regime change or intervention and so on we still have to understand that syria despite its shortcomings and of the

government is that is is a secular state. has a high degree of tolerance of. religious of their groups compared to other parts of the arab world and any kind of intervention in syria i think would also be a derogation of international law. if it's obvious that the united states and its allies are involved in acts of aggression which are devastating in terms of likely consequences the war in libya is a major theater operation no more than ten thousand tsotsi using google's the balls equipment the fighters the b. two bombers and then they claim that they are there to protect the lives of civilians michel just asking threats of on field based think tank the center for research on globalization thank you for your view. still

ahead this hour picking up alone happy we look at where the better russian authorities have to this time around an attempt to tackle the. term all the countries plugged into right now. as of cars the appraiser's last respects to play presidents are going to get the shots he looks the path. to the republic for the long awaited. makes the russians banned all imports of e.u. vegetables are for a deadly outbreak of the cold eyed bacteria although some are wondering whether the threats being overstated causing the latest mass spouts of health risk hype are seen shaun thomas reports. it really is a question of is this the attack of the killer q cumbers or just another case of mass hysteria on an international scale this all started within the past month in germany where a new strain of e. coli bacteria was discovered about eighteen people had been killed from that strain germany came out almost immediately and said this new bacteria is coming from

cucumbers from spain it's been more than a month and at this point time they cannot find the origin in fact germany came out and said to spain we're sorry we did not really need to jump the gun we don't really know where this has come from there's some speculation that this could all be mass hysteria now one official in russia said this entire incident is bringing into question all of europe's food safety laws and watchdog systems in place this is what he had to say supernatural is because it all started on the twenty fifth of april so it's now over a month into the crisis officials still cannot see what caused the outbreak was the transfer function of the disease and the main thing that the situation is still under control is to be descriptive the european health will still. it is a big economic hit it's a big political hit but there's also some speculation that this could be the next big health fiasco from the pharmaceutical industry if you remember there was the

bird flu the swine flu sars a whole strain of things that people needed to get vaccinated for needed to watch out for and so there's some speculation that this could be the next big cucumber flu if you will to give people something to scare them into getting the next big medical test now we are here at a facility in moscow region with roasted cumbers we're told that these are safe and they're saying all of this over just a simple cucumber. trip it is almost that the president of the european central bank has received an international prize for his contribution to european unity timely you struggling to come up with another aid package for greece even a doubt said the first one i spoke to economist and also william and he told me the president says nothing deserving of an award. basis of the you're always there is a. misquote gotten construct going back to nine hundred ninety nine. the admittance of greece and italy into the euro zone was

a huge huge political mistake and it was done under pressure from its pressure from the banking powers in a large international bank from wall street and under so forth but the basis of stability in the euro. based on economic or a shape has been nothing to announce that he simply decided to supervise bailouts of the largest banks european banks the french and the german banks the leading among them who were hugely exposed to the debts the sovereign debts of greece and other such countries and i think europe. really needs a rethink of the of its overall grand strategy and its economic strategy in terms of export orientation in terms of currency stability reserve the other emerging currencies such as the chinese you on the russian ruble and so forth because that is where the economic future lies for europe it lies in the east and no longer

across the atlantic in the west the united states is in a deep depression it's going to be far far deeper over the next five to ten years so that is not going to be stability because perspective for europe. better or worse is desperately trying to restore its crippled economy and tackle a currency crisis right now having asked the eurasian economic community for a loan the government's now gone with its begging bowl in hand the international monetary fund the i.m.f. result is like sarah jessica reports from a current political situation i getting the money for me. everywhere seen for use in the car minsk people physically prevented a policeman from arresting a student who had not paid for their bus ticket many said this incident was visible proof after waiting turns. an invalid's. i do want to live in this country anymore and i'm looking to run away from here i was born in the soviet union but a country are now living in is a joke and to shelves in stores food shortages and hundreds besieging currency

exchanges those have been the all too familiar scenes of the last month in belarus since the country plunged into financial crisis but the russian ruble devalued two fold sparking people to get rid of it quickly euro goes to a bank in central minsk every day in the hope of swapping his money for u.s. dollars. gold he was one hundred and fifty. he's closer to getting what he wants i have to pay for my daughter's education and i can only do so in dollars so i can stand here for a week to go three hundred dollars now i have a chance to do it legally this is a disgrace what's happening in the roost experts say the current financial crisis is down to the government's lame economic policies of the last decade as well as an over reliance on imported goods and foreign loans some also point to last year's presidential campaign our government tried to. crawl.

under it so it would go a store five hundred dollars. let's maybe. fifty percent off. of salary as a result was. this well as currency in belarus it took three weeks into the crisis before the national bank of belarus finally admitted something was wrong in the eyes of the leadership in minsk everything had been fine and when president alexander lukashenko decided to speak out he blamed everyone but his government. if you see someone buying things in the store instead of working. mediately the people aren't working hard enough that's why we're in this crisis besides the russian media inflates this situation says i don't want them. anymore all. these statements came a week after moscow agreed to provide an emergency loan to minsk at the euro sex

summit having received these assurances the bill the russian government also turned to the international monetary fund asking for an eight billion dollar loan if delegation started work in belarus to determine whether it is eligible to receive the help but many wonder if the decision is already been made especially since only a few months ago look at shanghai was openly cursing brussels over accusations of human rights violations in the best possible scenario minsk could receive the first one point. two billion dollar loan from the you are sacked by next monday the international monetary fund is expected to deliver its decision by june the fourteenth but with all the harsh rhetoric often coming from the belorussian leadership it is hard to see who is any would be able to drag this country from the financial abyss let's see russia still hard see reporting from minsk in belarus. also the news from moscow tonight yemen's capital flight seeing going on raging between government troops and armed tribesmen at least forty people were killed on

wednesday according to reports peaceful protests turned violent last week but despite the escalation embattled leader. refusing still to step down. that this parliament selected for urgency as president if the three employees voted in favor of him during a secret ballot opponent world is that close has become the first president in history not to be reelected for a second term earlier in may's after started the dissolution of parliament after it used its power a search of the home of legit they can run. like president for cars years to get gaps has been laid to rest in his home village following his death through moscow last weekend a farewell ceremony in the republic's capital so who was attended by thousands of mourners. gabs died at the age of sixty two of the major lung surgery lead to complications i think there is gloss collapse of how the republic check. google still missing its own shoulder. over press strong hold one of the world

stage a long way from the sample beginning but the cars in president always kept such with his roots so he was born into a family of teachers here in the smaller cars in village of most locals knew him personally they say he always cared about people's needs and that was key to his success as president villagers are stunned that he's left them so early. in general . lived well into their eighty's. natural off the war cause here later in ruins he helped rebuild everything we will always remember this man the small caucasus republic struggle to get international recognition following the war against georgia in one nine hundred ninety two hundreds of people were killed and thousands of across the ends were forced to flee their homes but gosh was first elected in two thousand and four a difficult time for the republic during his presidency across the again recognition from russia managed to avoid another open conflict with neighboring

georgia and established diplomatic ties with several states that the crowd was where a pause in president was greeted as an honored guest. i personally interviewed sergey and the last time we spoke i asked him what's changed in the republic so i'm overwhelmed with what was the main thing that's changed is people's mood now they are more certain about their future spoke with because of the openness and that feeling of stability is something sergei volkov will always be remembered for in a small ski r t so home. in about five minutes time we look at the lives of four people doing one of the world's most dangerous job making tunnel and guard it in constant fear that said coming out shortly to my then after the business made this very quick break. hungry for the full slate we've got it for.

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forum in the city of london. one of the key speakers the british minister of state for trade and investment in north korean predicts london will remain a main financial center for years to come but it will be joined by new hawks in the emerging economies such as china and russia sergey grieve from new economic school is equally optimistic mean indicator of moscow's big time in the international financial sector is a guess. emerging as international reserve currency which means inflation should be lower should be predictable. this should be a long term yield curve and for that. and the exchange rate should be dictated by the market known by political intervention russia's underdeveloped financial system is in. unlocking moscow's potential poor legislation and a lack of financial instruments prevent cash it can shut down the insurance

problems being invested in the markets when i was going to program which would be sure it's going to be first in the country it would be structured notes on shore in rubles which would actually fit most of the criteria that pension funds insurance companies and some of the regulations investors have in the country and therefore would enable them to have access to a much wider set of products a much wider sort of underlines. wasn't built in a day or even a decade have told peak to climb but at the base of the capital horo he'll think the efforts to promote small school loans pay off in the. tech which is now while most global stocks are seeing a dip on the first day rushes harty s m i six managed to come back at the close of the session to end point three percent respectively. by this point three percent after positive production they saw the company crease number of assembled trucks by

almost a half during the first five months of the year gas problem is. down point nine percent worse than the market that's despite news the additional supply up to seven hundred million tons of liquefied natural gas a year to india. russia's largest private oil company lukoil says it has a war chest to expand operations both at home and abroad they have the company's investment apartments spoke exclusively to business out. a little here's a list from the bottom billion bills and at the moment it's one of the largest investors in russia we do have a great exposure influence and we do have four plans to do that increase our investment in upstream in russia just otherwise so production in this is a good idea we have a large portion such as worst or not to the right that will require billions of those new best ones we also have their large investments that are required in those big stone for our gas projects we are going to be further expanding our production

in north cusp in the north just being is going to become a one of four most important areas so for our production growth this year we're going to eat three say less from program compared to previous year probably by about one and a half billion dollars that's all the business news for now the headlines are next on stay with us. twenty years ago in the largest country in the.